Tickets are now on sale for CINEMA LIVE screening of Handa Opera on
Sydney Harbour: AIDA– one of Sydney’s most spectacular annual events.
The fourth year of Opera on Sydney Harbour features the full Opera
Australia Chorus on stage together with international singers, and a
magnificent live orchestra beneath!

For 2015, Opera Australia
has assembled a dream creative team with director Gale Edwards (Handa
Opera on Sydney Harbour: Carmen (2013), La boheme, Salome), set and
costume designer Mark Thompson (The Force of Destiny) and lighting
designer Matt Scott (Rigoletto, Don
Pasquale, La Sonnambula). Together they have created a magnificent
production that will live long in everyone’s memories.

From its
premiere in 1871 and throughout its long performance history, Verdi’s
Aida is perhaps best-known for its outdoor performances. In the planning
for more than a year, Opera Australia’s new production features almost
100 people on stage, 50 musicians in The Australian Opera and Ballet
Orchestra below the stage (affectionately referred to as “the
Underworld”), and more than a few surprises in the much anticipated
‘Triumphal March’.

The spectacle of the production is intensified by the truly awe-inspiring lighting and sound, with lighting that shows Nefertiti to its most stunning effect, and a new ‘surround-sound’
system that will convince audience members that they are part of the
action.

Opera Australia’s Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini said,
“This production of Aida has everything you want in an opera –
fantastic music, dazzling performances from some of the world’s finest
singers, an outstanding orchestra and a jaw-dropping set design. Plus,
the story line will have people on the edge of their seats – drama, a
love triangle, betrayal, intrigue, a trial – it has it all!

THE STORY:

A rebellion is
brewing on Egypt’s borders, and for both the oppressor and the oppressed, loves
and loyalties are about to be tested.

Egypt needs a
hero to lead their army, and the High Priest has chosen Radamès. Egypt’s
fortunes will turn on his sword, but Radamès has a higher purpose. Through
victory in battle, he hopes to win the hand of the beautiful slave girl Aida –
handmaiden to the princess Amneris, and secretly, an Ethiopian princess.

Aida is torn
between her love for the Egyptian hero and her despair for the country he must
march against – her homeland.

And the Princess
Amneris, who also desires Radamès, is beginning to have suspicions that her
hero might prefer her slave…

As Radamès
returns to Egypt in triumph, Aida is greeted with a terrible sight – her
father, the King of Ethiopia, is among the slaves.

Just when all
seems lost, the King of Egypt deals another blow: promising the triumphant
Radamès his daughter Amneris’ hand.

On the banks of
the Nile, the lovers arrange to meet one last time.

But the conquered
Ethiopian King has a plan to save his country. Aida has to make a devastating
choice.

In the darkness,
the King’s plan, Aida’s conflicted heart and Radamès’ steadfast love collide in
a devastating finale.

PLEASE NOTE MA 15+: People under 15 MUST be accompanied by a parent or
adult guardian over 18yrs for the duration of the film in the cinema.
Parental permission to see film is not sufficient. Photo ID essential.

Four young outsiders teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe which alters their physical form in shocking ways. The four must learn to harness their new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.Director: Josh TrankWriters: Simon Kinberg (screenplay), Jeremy Slater (screenplay) Stars: Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan

Charters Towers Eisteddfod 2015dance | music | art | drama17-26 August 2015The Charters Towers Performing Arts Festival was formed 15 years ago by a group of dedicated parents who wanted to give the young people of our community a chance to perform and to show The World the results of all their hard work and practice.

Over the years it has grown and evolved into what is now The Charters Towers Eisteddfod. Held in August every year and in 2013 attracted over 1500 entries from all across North Queensland who performed in Music, Dance, Drama and Visual Arts sections.

Lucky Starr is one of the founding members of the Australian Pop Music
Industry. A regular on television shows such as Bandstand and also
hosted Six O’clock Rock for one season. He also made regular appearances
on Mavis Bramston, Revue 60 – 61, In MelbourneTonight, Sing Sing Sing,
plus many other entertainment shows.

In 1962 Lucky recorded a hit record “I’ve Been Everywhere”,
which to date still remains one of Australia’s all time favourites. The
record received the highest accolade in the music industry, the
Platinum Award.

1963 saw Lucky performing in the United States
on the Nevada Circuit, The Flamingo in Las Vegas, The Mapes in Reno and
Harvey’s in Lake Tahoe. Also in the same year Lucky signed a recording
contract with Dot Records in Los Angeles, releasing five singles. His
agency was Coast Artist, signing performers such as Harry Belafonte,
Jimmy Rodgers and Billy Eckstein. As a result of his American trips,
Lucky was invited to work the Hilton Hotel Chain world wide spending
several years working these prestigious rooms.

Lucky was also
the first Australian performer to entertain the troops in Vietnam; in
fact paying his own way there and made five subsequent trips into the
war zone. 2002 and 2003 saw Lucky touring with “Long Way To The
Top”, an Arena Spectacular which toured Australia’s capitals and
regional centres. The show featured the cream of Australia’s
entertainers from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Due to its popularity it
become the subject of an ABC Television special.

Lucky’s style ranges from Rock & Roll, to Country through to Jazz and is in fact similar to the late great Bobby Darin. These days his polished performing style has him working full time in the business he loves.

Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, FAR FROM THE MADDING
CROWD is the story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba
Everdene (Carey Mulligan), who attracts three very different suitors:
Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), a sheep farmer, captivated by her
fetching willfulness; Frank Troy (Tom Sturridge), a handsome and
reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood (Michael Sheen), a prosperous
and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's choices and
passions explores the nature of relationships and love - as well as the human ability to overcome hardships through resilience and perseverance.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Writers: Thomas Hardy (novel), David Nicholls(screenplay)
Stars: Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen

Wednesday, Aug 19 6:30PM FINAL Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.

The World Theatre Charters Towers presents Opera Queensland’s
production of The Adventures of Figaro based on Rossini’s The Barber of
Seville. Performing version by Lindy Hume and Craig Allister Young. This
project is supported by The Playing Queensland Fund and arTour,
initiatives of the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part
of the Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the
Arts.

The Adventures of Figaro is a high-energy, colourful riot of
sunny-Spanish madness in which performers sing, dance, act and play
their way through a 90 minute version of Rossini’s much-loved opera, The
Barber of Seville.

This madcap tale follows a lively Figaro as
he attempts to help Count Almaviva (his former boss) rescue Rosina (the
Count’s crush) from the romantic sights of the doddery Doctor Bartolo.
OperaQ’s Lindy Hume will direct her adventurous and dynamic new
adaptation of Rossini’s much loved opera, The Barber of Seville
accompanied by an effervescent new musical arrangement by Queensland
Symphony Orchestra’s Craig Allister Young.

The Adventures of
Figaro features celebrated Queensland performers including Jason
Barry-Smith in the title role as the famous barber, a dynamic ensemble
of four singers and three musicians and award-winning Sandro Colarelli
as the frazzled servant Fiorello.

This fast-paced, vibrant work performed in English is perfect for opera lovers and new comers alike.